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Haironyourchest
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Yeah I saw them. You may despise them and the politics they claim to represent, but you don't have a moral duty - or a legal right - to "whack" them - any more than we, as law abiding citizens of civilised societies have a moral duty or right to assault anyone who espouses politically radical views - like muslims, or communists for instance. I appreciate that their antics triggered certain folks, that's their goal I suppose. Personally I just though the whole thing was cringeworthy.
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Please define "nazis"
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My thoughts exactly. The efficiency of electric is more or less proportional to the speed of travel, as I understand it. You can do twice the milage at half the speed kind of thing, but not great for road travel. Perfect for low speed low gear driving though...nice and quiet in the woods.
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My girlfriend buys her clothes online from the UK - she noticed that since Brexit the quality of customer care has gone way up. Whereas before, traders might have taken a few days to dispatch purchases, after Brexit they ship immediately. More responsive on the phone, by e-mail and generally upped their game. She reckons the Brexit has put the frighteners on UK businesses and made them pull their socks up!
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Silly red tape. If there is an objection to the rucksack adaption idea it would be that dribbles (there's always dribbles) from filling, will dampen the fabric of the rucksack and the chemical will stay there when the water evaporates. Obviously we don't want to be rubbing up against a chemically saturated harness, but there is a simple fix for this: ware a raincoat. Or just fix a bin liner to the back support of the rucksack to isolate it from your clothing. Another option is to source a fame pack/back board from an army surplus store, less absorbable padding than a regular rucksack and therefore more washable. Purpose designed to carry auxiliary loads. This would have been my choice had it been available.
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I gutted a cheap rucksack and zip-tied my 15lt to the "frame". Nice big fluffy straps. Plus a pocket for gadgets, nozzles, etc.
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Hi everyone, good to be back - new format looks good, will take some getting used to but I like it already! This is a video of my medical kit. I call it that because it's not really a "first aid" kit - its not designed with really bad injuries in mind, more the day to day staff that just bothers you. I have a trauma kit as well, which I ware in a separate pouch when working, inc. Celox Z-Fold, CAT touniquet and an Israeli bandage. Its a bit long, if you want to skip the preamble it action starts at 3:00.
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You could try spooling it on a traffic cone instead of a cube bag. Should have a few cones around anyway for traffic management
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I like to think "Doc" was what the tree affectionately called the tree-surgeon who saved it's life in the 1040's. It was eternally grateful and spontaneously generated an arborglyph as it's way of saying thanks?
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That's Fallopia Asinus. (Fool's Knotweed) - just messing.... : )
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I run a 20" and a lightweight 28". No probs but would not go bigger. The lightweight bar is nice, good balance with the 461
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I can sympathise with where they're coming from - but their's is a very narrow and naive worldview, compounded with personal trauma. Nowt s'queer as folks...
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Noise pollution and local air pollution definitely a problem with static diesels and two strokes. Woking my friends chipper, used to taste the deiselv in my mouth, just horrible. All the electric stuff is just on the verge of a breakthrough, but the batteries have not quite got there yet, but will soon. Unlikely they will ever make an electric battery powered stump grinder or big chipper though - to get the power and runtime you'd be looking at mains 3-phase surely? Not really practical.
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I would just wrap the stem with a ratchet strap a foot above the trapped bar, and fell it with a normal face cut and back cut.
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Bought a pair yesterday, 'bout €130. Very inexpensive compared to the higher end offerings - for a part timer seemed like a good compromise. Nice and light too, comfy in the shop but a little tight with very think socks. Today I wore them all day, with the same socks, and they were fine. I thought I would sweat in them, as the day was hot, but no more so than any other boot. No chafing, very comfy. A little concerned at the apparent quality of the leather and cordura uppers, as they look the same as the stuff used to build throw-away builders boots, or "safety shoes" for warehouse, kitchen, factory workers. we shall see. Part way through the day I swapped out the thick socks for thinner ones, and the comfort level improved a lot. There were no chafing or pressing from the interior of the boots, good fit. [ATTACH]222420[/ATTACH]
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Paint them very carefully with super glue. Stops them splitting.
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Is the tree on his own land or a neighbouring plot? Is he worried about it damaging a neighbour's property or his own?
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Not going to happen [ame] [/ame]
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SDS Drill vs standard cordless for drilling wood gateposts
Haironyourchest replied to Matthew Storrs's topic in General chat
Depends on the drill. An inline SDS will not have the same torque as a dedicated standard drill of the same weight, but you can finds SDS in a heavy duty variant, with the motor perpendicular to the gearbox. Those are heavy, but very strong. -
Sony Cube. Small, good base, phenomenal battery.
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I think it's natural in a way, that youth has little interest in the past...your life's ahead of you, thoughts are of possible futures, potentials. There's just so MUCH history, and most of its the history of boring old farts ripping each other off in one way or another. I was interested in ancient history as a kid, the Vikings and mongols and so on. As I get older I find myself identifying more and more with the characters of recent history, and find more interest in the details of what whent down and how and why. Listening to a thing in the van a few weeks back about a strategic breakdown of the D-day beach assault, I quite unexpectedly found myself moved to tears. Partly gratitude for the American men, younger than me, with everything to live for, who sacrificed their lives for a moral principle, and partly rage, at the currant generation, now the same age.
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Youngster's ignorance of recent history.
Haironyourchest replied to eggsarascal's topic in The Lounge
Prince Edward...?....isn't that a type of piercing? -
How to crosscut limbs longer than bar length.
Haironyourchest replied to Paddler's topic in Chainsaws
If you can roll the timber, just cut in untill the nose is nearly buried, then roll the log a bit and do it again. Use the first cut chanell as your guide. Obviously make all your cuts first, then roll and continue all the cuts etc. It's also a way to keep your chain out of the ground. -
Give a man a fish...I make about the same, consider myself incredibly lucky. I like the sentiment but surely the best way to alleviate suffering is to help others to strengthen their local economies. Untill the "poor" have the means and materials to create their own wealth and productivity, they will be dependant. Same with an over generous welfare system, it disincentivises people to find or create work for themselves. Some of us have the innate drive and pride to support ourselves, but many do not...we've all seen it, people who might have thrived if they'd been given a kick on the ass in their youth, ruined by lifelong benefits. Speaking of malaria, DDT had it eradicated in many parts of the world. Used responsibly, it's a wonder chemical, costs pennies and solves a fundamental problem.
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